Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He has
King James Version
He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
Holman Bible
against those at peace with him;
he violates his covenant.
International Standard Version
Each of my friends raises his hand against his allies; each of my friends breaks his word.
A Conservative Version
He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him. He has profaned his covenant.
American Standard Version
He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
Amplified
He [my companion] has put out his hands against those who were at peace with him;
He has
Bible in Basic English
He has put out his hand against those who were at peace with him; he has not kept his agreement.
Darby Translation
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
Julia Smith Translation
He stretched forth his hand in his recompenses: he profaned his covenant
King James 2000
He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: he has broken his covenant.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He has put forth his hands against {his friends}; he has defiled his covenant.
Modern King James verseion
He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken his covenant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, they lay hands upon such as be at peace with him, and so they break his covenant.
NET Bible
He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them.
New Heart English Bible
He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.
The Emphasized Bible
He hath thrust forth his hands, against them he was wont to salute, he hath violated his covenant;
Webster
He hath put forth his hands against such as are at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
World English Bible
He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath sent forth his hands against his well-wishers, He hath polluted his covenant.
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 55:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Betrayal By A Friend
19
God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, Selah because they do not change and do not fear God.
20
He has
Cross References
Psalm 7:4
if I have repaid my friend with evil or plundered my enemy without cause,
Psalm 89:34
I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
Acts 12:1
About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.
1 Samuel 22:17
And the king said to the guard who stood about him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me." But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'
2 Samuel 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,"
2 Samuel 5:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
2 Samuel 14:32-33
Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'"
2 Samuel 15:10-12
But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, 'Absalom is king at Hebron!'"
2 Samuel 18:12
But the man said to Joab, "Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king's son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'For my sake protect the young man Absalom.'
Psalm 89:28
My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
Psalm 89:38
But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
Psalm 109:5
So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Psalm 120:6-7
Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace.
Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.
Ezekiel 17:16-19
"As I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die.